Vol 71, No 4 (2020)
Clinical vignette
Published online: 2020-05-29
Incidental detection of unexpected neck lymphatic III level node metastasis from occult papillary thyroid carcinoma during cervical disc surgery: first literature report
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Abstract
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Keywords: neck lymphatic metastasispapillary thyroid carcinomaoccult thyroid carcinomacervical disc surgery
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